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2013
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but
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Once
again
in
2014
key
IBM
thought
leaders
will
be
at
SXSW
and
look
forward
discussing
the
business
impact
of
the
latest
trends
in
technology,
with
a
particular
focus
on
social,
mobile,
big
data
and
cloud.
And
once
again,
you,
the
audience,
will
have
the
opportunity
to
vote
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We're
excited
to
announce
that
IBM
Chairman,
President
and
CEO
Ginni
Rometty
will
be
our
very
special
guest
at
InterConnect
this
year
and
will
share
her
vision
on
how
to
speed
our
journey
into
A
New
Era
of
Smart.
Ginni
will
be
joined
by
IBM's
senior
leaders
Robert
LeBlanc,
Mike
Rhodin,
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Following
the
success
of
the
inaugural
IBM
InterConnect
last
year,
Singapore
has
again
been
selected
to
host
this
IBM
global
event
that
is
expected
to
receive
more
than
2,500
clients,
business
partners
and
industry
leaders
from
around
the
world
at
Marina
Bay
Sands
from
October
9th
to
October
11th,
2013.
IBM
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Guest
post
by
Claus
T.
Jensen,
IBM
STSM
and
SOA
Foundation
Chief
Architect.
These
days
people
invariably
mention
mobile,
social,
cloud
or
big
data
as
“the
next
cool
thing.”
But
when
talking
about
“the
next
cool
thing,”
we
should
really
ask
ourselves,
why
is
that
important?
New
business
initiatives
do
not
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Guest
post
by
Sid
Bhatia,
Program
Director,
IBM
WebSphere
Cloud
Integration.
The
way
the
Business
innovates
has
shifted
Many
businesses
today
are
innovating
by
providing
their
customers
with
new
ways
to
conduct
business.
This
is
a
significant
shift
from
how
businesses
used
to
run
–
being
directed
from
the
enterprise
out,
with
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Guest
post
by
Tracy
Boyer
Clark,
IBM
Mobile
Marketing
Manager
Social,
mobile
and
cloud
technologies
have
became
household
concepts.
According
to
the
Pew
Research
Center,
66%
of
online
adults
use
social
networking
sites
as
of
February
2012.1
Moreover,
as
of
April
2012,
88%
of
US
adults
owned
a
cell
phone,
with
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You
may
have
noticed
by
now
that
the
very
point
of
IBM
InterConnect
2012
is
to
CONNECT.
This
is
no
secret.
The
conference
title
itself
may
have
given
it
away.
While
it's
always
great
to
watch
an
event
broadcasted
through
video.
This
is
no
match
for
actually
attending
the
event
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If
you
love
to
share
and
connect
on
your
favorite
social
network
such
as
Weibo,
Twitter,
Facebook,
Orkut,
LinkedIn,
join
us
for
a
social
media
meet
up
(aka
Tweetup)
in
the
Solution
Media
Lounge
in
the
InterConnect
Solution
Center
on
Wednesday,
October
9
from
6:00-7:00
pm
during
the
Solution
Center
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I'm
excited
to
announce
that
IBM's
Mobile
Enterprise
Social
Media
Residency
is
now
open.
The
goal
of
the
residency
is
to
demonstrate
the
thought
leadership
of
IBMers
and
IBM
Business
Partners
in
the
area
of
Mobile
Enterprise,
primarily
through
blogging.
The
residents
will
also
be
introduced
to
social
media
channels
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Speakers,
sponsors,
Business
Partners,
and
IBMers
can
now
help
promote
the
IBM
InterConnect
2012
Conference
by
wearing
their
very
own
IBM
InterConnect
2012
Twitter
background
images. See
the
image
below
and
the
background
of
the
official
IBM
InterConnect
Twitter
account
to
see
a
real
life
example
of
what
the
design
looks
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IBM
officially
invites
you
to
InterConnect
2012
from
October
9-11
in
Singapore,
where
business
and
IT
leaders
partner
to
turn
opportunities
into
outcomes. In
the
video
below,
IBM
Vice
Presidents
Scott
Hebner
and
John
Dunderdale
explain
how,
on
today's
increasingly
smarter
planet--where
everything
is
becoming
more
interconnected,
instrumented,
and
intelligent--a
new
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Of
the
many
announcements
made
this
week
at
Lotusphere
2012,
the
one
that
resonated
most
with
our
readers
was
the
new
IBM
SmartCloud
for
Social
Business
–
a
re-branding
and
expansion
of
what
you
now
know
as
IBM
LotusLive
cloud-based
collaboration
offerings.
The
key
take-aways
from
this
announcement:
For
now,
you
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With
Lotusphere
2012
and
Connect
2012
just
days
away,
people
are
buzzing
about
social
business.
One
of
the
most
popular
items
among
@IBMSWNewsletter
Twitter
followers
this
week
was
an
a
video
interview
with
Sandy
Carter,
IBM
VP
of
Social
Business
Evangelism,
about
social
business
adoption.
Sandy
explains
why
companies
should
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